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Just wanted to show by example how easy it is to cross contaminate your tanks.
My 55+ planted Tetra tank was getting overgrown with java moss.
No big deal, I took the top off and grabbed big handfuls of java moss untill there were no more clumps big enough to grab.
So I tossed all the Java moss in a 40g tank that was bare because I had just torn it down and filled it with water and a filter to cycle.
When ever I set up a spawn tank, I grab some java moss from here or there so that the females have a place to hide.
As the baby bettas got bigger I noticed I had Hydra in 5 of my fry tanks, but didn't know where it came from. At that time the baby bettas were 4 to 8 weeks old. I treated all the tanks and killed the Hydra and at that time all the baby bettas were fine.
two weeks later all the youngest betta fry were missing and I had a half dozen strange looking fry in the tank. I had no idea what they were or how they had got there but I figure they ate my baby betta fry.
Today as I was adding water to the tank amd removing the java moss, I regognized the fry. I have 5 austrailian ranbow juvies about 1" long crusing the tank and one baby betta about 1/2" long hiding under the sponge filter.
Can you guess where they came from ???
My 55+ planted Tetra tank was getting overgrown with java moss.
No big deal, I took the top off and grabbed big handfuls of java moss untill there were no more clumps big enough to grab.
So I tossed all the Java moss in a 40g tank that was bare because I had just torn it down and filled it with water and a filter to cycle.
When ever I set up a spawn tank, I grab some java moss from here or there so that the females have a place to hide.
As the baby bettas got bigger I noticed I had Hydra in 5 of my fry tanks, but didn't know where it came from. At that time the baby bettas were 4 to 8 weeks old. I treated all the tanks and killed the Hydra and at that time all the baby bettas were fine.
two weeks later all the youngest betta fry were missing and I had a half dozen strange looking fry in the tank. I had no idea what they were or how they had got there but I figure they ate my baby betta fry.
Today as I was adding water to the tank amd removing the java moss, I regognized the fry. I have 5 austrailian ranbow juvies about 1" long crusing the tank and one baby betta about 1/2" long hiding under the sponge filter.
Can you guess where they came from ???
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